In the battle to keep enrollment up as more and more families opt for virtual and private schools, the Hernando County School District sees its Volunteer Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) program as […] ...

Five-year-old Marlaina Paulding likes playing in the tents in her VPK classroom at Felix A. Williams Elementary School in Martin County. She likes learning the alphabet and numbers, and the Spanish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an effort to stop bad behavior before it starts and improve student achievement, Brevard Public Schools is looking to expand ...

Florida's first voluntary prekindergarten program began in 2005. The program is free for all 4-year-olds. School-readiness test scores show VPK prepares children for school. This story was updated to ...